Her parents were Georgiana and Blake Baker. Philip Randolph was a trailblazing leader, organizer and social activist who championed equitable labor rights for African American communities during the 20th century.Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Bob Roberts who she divorced in 1958. She believed they could revitalize the Black Freedom Movement and take it in a new direction. She soon joined the NAACP's New York branch to work on local school desegregation and police brutality issues. She wrote thank-you notes and expressed her gratitude to the people she met. She slept in their homes, ate at their tables, spoke in their churches, and earned their trust. She once said that the "movement made Martin, and not Martin the movement." She lobbied to reduce the rigid hierarchy, place more power in the hands of capable local leaders, and give local branches greater responsibility and autonomy.In January 1957, Baker went to Atlanta to attend a conference aimed at developing a new regional organization to build on the success of the The SCLC first appeared publicly as an organization at the 1957 Baker's job with the SCLC was more frustrating than fruitful.
Her father worked on a steamship line that sailed out of Norfolk, and so was often away.
This was a gathering of sit-in leaders to meet, assess their struggles, and explore the possibilities for future actions.Baker saw the potential for a special type of leadership by the young sit-in leaders, who were not yet prominent in the movement. Ella Baker became one of the leading figures of the Born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 13, 1903, Baker grew up in rural North Carolina. She believed that the bedrock of any social change organization is not its leaders' eloquence or credentials, but the commitment and hard work of the rank and file membership and their willingness and ability to engage in discussion, debate, and decision-making.While traveling throughout the South on the NAACP's behalf, Baker met hundreds of black people, establishing lasting relationships with them. He was the organization's executive secretary from 1931 to 1955.Civil rights leader Ella Baker helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.© 2020 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. She became director of the New York chapter of the NAACP in 1952. They divorced in 1958. "Bob" Roberts. Many people close to her did not know that she was married for 20 years to T. J. Baker wanted to bring the sit-in participants together in a way that would sustain the momentum of their actions, teach them the skills necessary, provide the resources that were needed, and also help them to coalesce into a more militant and democratic force.SNCC became the most active organization in the deeply oppressed Mississippi Delta. Due to her new responsibilities, Baker left her full-time position with the NAACP and began to serve as a volunteer. "Ella Baker: An Unsung Civil Rights-Era Legend." Born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 13, 1903, Baker grew up in rural North Carolina. Before long, she was serving as its national director. Around 1940, Baker became a field secretary for the Remaining in New York, Baker worked for a number of local organizations, including the New York Urban League. While they were unsuccessful in this effort, the MFDP's actions brought significant attention to their cause.Baker continued to fight for social justice and equality into her later years, providing counsel to such organizations as the Third World Women's Coordinating Committee and the Puerto Rican Solidarity Committee. Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.As a member of the NAACP, Walter White investigated lynchings and worked to end segregation. She was older than many of the young ministers she worked with, which added to their tensions. Her mother decided to take the fami… This personalized approach was one important aspect of Baker's effectiveness in recruiting more NAACP members.Between 1944 and 1946, Baker directed leadership conferences in several major cities, such as In 1946, Baker took in her niece Jackie, whose mother was unable to care for her. Baker died on her 83rd birthday, on December 13, 1986, in New York City.Her life and accomplishments were chronicled in the 1981 documentary Her name lives on through the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which aims to combat the problems of mass incarceration and strengthen communities for minorities and low-income people.